Thursday, August 09, 2007

I prefer listening to lectures on my Ipod...

"A few weeks ago, Nick Provenzo posted
about the bookstore's distribution strategy, especially the fact that
even the free lectures must be heard from one's computer and cannot be
downloaded to a portable audio player. I would like to see ARI offer a
subscription service for the bookstore similar to what Urge and Napster,
etc. are doing. For example, if someone is giving ten bucks a month to
ARI they could download lectures an hour or under in length to either
an itunes player or Windows Media player AND a portable player such as
a Zen or Ipod. If they are giving twenty bucks perhaps they can listen
to the longer lectures, etc, etc. I know the Institute strives for more
ways to create consistent monthly income. I think this would be a great
way to do just that."

Comments

"A few weeks ago, Nick Provenzo posted
about the bookstore's distribution strategy, especially the fact that
even the free lectures must be heard from one's computer and cannot be
downloaded to a portable audio player. I would like to see ARI offer a
subscription service for the bookstore similar to what Urge and Napster,
etc. are doing. For example, if someone is giving ten bucks a month to
ARI they could download lectures an hour or under in length to either
an itunes player or Windows Media player AND a portable player such as
a Zen or Ipod. If they are giving twenty bucks perhaps they can listen
to the longer lectures, etc, etc. I know the Institute strives for more
ways to create consistent monthly income. I think this would be a great
way to do just that."